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Gods (Female Gods (Ceres/Demeter (goddess of crops + seasons, mother of…
Gods
Female Gods
Ceres/Demeter
goddess of crops + seasons, mother of persephone, pictured with flowers, fruit or grain, oldest goddess
Diana/Artemis
twin sister of Apollo, goddess of the moon, aka Phoebe, goddess of hunting, childhood + childbirth, chastity, holds a bow and arrow, wild animals (deer)
Minerva/Athena
founded and gave her name to Athens, goddess of tactical warfare, wisdom, weaving and handicrafts, with owl, in armour, had a cape (aegis - made with goat skin, fringed with the image of snakes, gorgons head), with Nike (victory)
Venus/ Aphrodite
goddess of love, her son is Eros/Cupid, portrayed in the seashell she was born in off Cyprus, married to Vulcan/Hephaistos
Vesta/Hestia
goddess of the hearth, home, architecture and family, depicted with fire, Vestal Virgins
Male Gods
Vulcan/Hephaistos
god of metal-working and fire, lame, laughed at by other gods, thought to be a bad person, unhappily married to Aphrodite, lived in volcanoes, portrayed around weapons/jewellery he made, short tunic, beard
Apollo
god of music, the arts, education, medicine + disease, prophecy and the sun, aka Phoebus ('shining'), handsome young man, holding a quiver of arrows or a lyre
Mars/Ares
god of war and destruction, prayed to him for help in battle, wearing full armour
Mercury/Hermes
the messenger of the gods, young, protected traders who travelled across the Greek world, winged sandals, a winged helmet, short tunic, special wand (caduceus), guided sons to the underworld
Bacchus/Dionysus
god of wine, theatre, wild partying, growth and fertility, accompanied by satyrs and maenads, vines and ivy (symbols of growth and wine) and dolphins
Main 4
Jupiter/Zeus
depicted with a beard, eagle, chariot, fancy clothes, athena from his forehead, powerful stance, powerful stance, big, long hair
guarded the universe, king, father, chieftain of gods and men, weather, justice, protection of foreign travellers (xenia)
symbols: eagle, lightning/thunder bolt
Pluto/Hades
Cerberus, the dead souls of the underworld, being fanned by servants, staff with bird, expensive clothes, in a castle, sitting down, persephone
god of the underworld, maintains balance, not ACTUALLY death (thats Thanatos)
symbols: staff, cerberus, pomegrante
Juno/Hera
with peacocks, crown, sitting down, baby, expensive clothes, elaborate seat, jewellery, veil, relaxed
mother of the gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth, wife of Zeus, troubled marriage
symbols: crown, veil, peacock
Neptune/Poseidon
beard, hippocampus, sitting down, naked, long hair, bowl to recieve offerings, in the sea, crown, fancy clothes
god of the sea, god of horses and chariot racing, earthquakes, fishermen
symbols: trident, dolphins